Director/PDMR Shareholding

Anglo American PLC
03 May 2006


                       ANGLO AMERICAN plc (the "Company")

DIRECTORS' / PDMR's INTERESTS
The Company announces that on 2 May 2006, a conditional award over 30,360
ordinary shares of US$0.50 in the capital of the Company ("Shares") granted to
Mr Rene Medori upon his appointment as a director in 2005, matured and the
30,360 Shares were released to him and sold:

Name of          Number of Shares released and immediately   Sale price per
Director         sold                                        Share
Mr R Medori                    30,360*                       £23.741

* Of the 30,360 Shares, 12,448 Shares were sold to satisfy tax and national
insurance due on the release of the award.

The Company also announces that on 3 May 2006 Mr R S Robertson, a Person
Discharging Managerial Responsibility of the Company ("PDMR"), exercised options
to acquire and immediately sold, ordinary shares of US$0.50 in the capital of
the Company (the "Shares") under the Anglo American plc Executive Share Option
Scheme as follows:

Number of Share Options      Option Strike Price         Share Sale Price

          25,000                       £9.28                  £24.60

The notification of these transactions is to satisfy the Company's obligations
under the Financial Services Authority Disclosure Rules 3.1.2 to 3.1.4.

N Jordan
Company Secretary
3 May 2006



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